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Announcing NewsBreak's December Content Campaign Winners! ❄️✨⛄
While the holiday season may have come to an end, winter is still in full swing with snowstorms and cold temperatures all across the country right now. Maybe a Winter Wonderland content campaign in January would've been a better idea...
NewsBreak’s last content campaign of 2023: Celebrating Winter Wonderland
Depending on where you are in the country, you might be zipping up your puffer jacket in 50 degree weather or gearing up to throw on layers, gloves, and hats while braving the eventual snow. Winter is here, and we want to hear how your community is dealing with the chill. Whether your neighborhood has festive light displays or is building snowmen to mark the season’s first snow or you’re personally making the switch from iced coffee to hot cocoa with marshmallows at your favorite local coffee shop, how is your community celebrating the season? We invite you to share all your favorite local spots and activities by entering our Winter Wonderland content campaign, the last contest of the year.
‘Tis the Season: NewsBreak’s Holiday Joy content campaign
We’re kicking off the month of December with some Holiday Joy to uplift communities and spread the holiday spirit. Whether that means featuring a local store in your town that is helping families in need or sharing your town’s holiday traditions (e.g., caroling, parades, holiday decorations, or something totally unique!), we want to see how your community spreads Holiday Joy!
Congratulations to our September mini content contest winners!
Last month, we invited NewsBreak contributors to submit their stories for four different mini content contests. Today we're excited to announce the winners of those contests!. For our Rosh Hashanah contest, contributor Cheryl Preston wins for her story that looks at how the Jewish New Year holiday is celebrated in her community in Roanoke, Virginia. According to Cheryl's story, a number of temples in the area, including Beth Israel Temple and Temple Emanuel, held services and events commemorating the day.
Announcing NewsBreak's Hispanic Heritage Month Content Campaign
Hispanic Heritage Month is a national celebration to honor the history and contributions of people from Spain, Mexico, the Carribean, and Central and South America. The observance started in 1968 under President Lyndon Johnson's administration as a one-week celebration called Hispanic Heritage Week and was later extended into a month-long holiday.
September content contests: how to enter
Happy September, contributors! In addition to our Hispanic Heritage Month content campaign launching later this week, this month we're holding four additional content contests. Here's how it works: you'll post a story related to these "mini-content campaigns" on or before the deadline, making sure to include the correct tag before publishing your article. Our NewsBreak editorial team will then vote on which stories win (one story will be selected for each contest), and each winner will be awarded $50.
Announcing NewsBreak's Summer Fun Content Campaign winners! ☀️😎🍉⛱
Summer may be over, but the fun isn't. For the last leg of the season, NewsBreak asked contributors to submit stories about events and festivities happening in their communities over the past few weeks. Whether contributors were beating the heat or the rain, by the beach or near the desert, they came through in providing recommendations about how to spend the last stretch of summer.
Introducing NewsBreak's Summer Fun content campaign! ☀️😎🍉⛱
We might be halfway through the summer, but the fun's not over yet! NewsBreak invites contributors to share the stories of summer for our latest content campaign. This includes everything from fun seasonal events your community is hosting to hidden gem activities and ways to spend these warm days.
Announcing the winners of NewsBreak's Pride content campaign 🌈
Contributors submitted a diverse array of stories to NewsBreak's Pride content campaign.Photo byNewsBreak. Contributors shared stories throughout the month of June about how their neighborhoods were commemorating LGBTQ+ communities, whether that be by hosting local events, like parades. They also published stories highlighting local LGBTQ+-owned businesses and local leaders, community members, or organizations whose work elevates local LGBTQ+ residents.
Congratulations to the winners of our Father's Day content campaign!
NewsBreak invited contributors to submit stories about father figures and Father's Day Events in their communities.Photo byNewsBreak. In honor of Father’s Day, NewsBreak invited contributors to share stories about father figures and Father’s Day events in their communities. In response, contributors from all across the country submitted stories on everything from budget-friendly ways to celebrate the day in Georgia to a Pennsylvania shelter that was originally designed for mothers and their children being expanded to include fathers too.
Meet Greta Nunez, Milwaukee native and NewsBreak's Contributor of the Week!
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, contributor Greta Nunez has a knack for taking complicated topics and making them accessible for the average reader. Greta, who’s originally from Milwaukee, has deep-rooted ties to the city, which is why she’s so passionate about informing her fellow community members on court updates and other happenings around town.
Meet Michael Ramsburg, NewsBreak's Contributor of the Week!
Michael Ramsburg writes about West Virginia news and culture.Photo byMichael Ramsburg. Michael Ramsburg has been a reader of NewsBreak for years, but in April he decided to take the plunge and join the app as a contributor. Since then, the West-Virginia-based writer has published an array of local news and entertainment stories in in the Kanawha Valley and beyond. He most enjoys writing features and profiles that shed light both on Charleston, West Virginia's capital, and the rural areas and old coal mining towns that he says are "often less reflected in existing (and declining) local media."
Here are the winners for NewsBreak's AAPI Heritage Month content campaign
May was Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an annual celebration that recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The AAPI umbrella term encompasses cultures from the entire Asian continent, including East, Southeast, and South Asia, and the Pacific Islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, according to The Library of Congress.
Here are the winners for NewsBreak's Mother's Day content campaign
In honor of Mother’s Day, NewsBreak held a content campaign to celebrate the maternal figures in local communities across the country.Photo byNewsBreak. In honor of Mother’s Day, NewsBreak held a content campaign to celebrate the maternal figures in local communities across the country. In response, contributors from all over the US submitted stories about women leaders in their area, women-owned businesses, profiles on women who take care of something and aid in its growth (whether that be a local program, children, pets, etc.), and local Mother’s Day events and places to take the important women in their lives. Here are our campaign winners!
Announcing NewsBreak's Father's Day campaign
From sharing a story of a father doing inspiring things in your community to highlighting a local business to take dad for a treat, we’re loPhoto byNewsBreak. In honor of Father’s Day, NewsBreak is launching a content campaign to celebrate the paternal figures in local communities across the country. Is there someone in your area who’s making an outsized difference in taking care of your community? Are there exciting local Father's Day events or places to take the important father figures in your life to celebrate the occasion? We want to hear about it.
Announcing NewsBreak's Pride content campaign 🌈
NewsBreak invites contributors to share stories throughout the month of June about local LGBTQ+ communities.Photo byNewsBreak. Alongside the beginning of Pride, NewsBreak is launching a content campaign aimed at amplifying local LGBTQ+ stories across the country.
Announcing NewsBreak's Protecting the Planet content campaign winners
Congratulations to the winners of our Earth Day content campaign.Photo byGwen Aviles. To commemorate Earth Day, NewsBreak invited contributors to submit stories to our Protecting the Planet content campaign, which aimed to help local communities discover unique ways to take care of the Earth. While the Earth is vast, we were particularly interested in stories that center local communities, and contributors delivered. From highlighting neighborhood sustainability initiatives and beautiful nature in their areas to spotlighting leaders and businesses that are making a difference when it comes to preserving the environment, contributors shared an array of stories about maintaining our beautiful Earth and all its resources.
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.Photo byNewsBreak. May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an annual celebration that recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The AAPI umbrella term encompasses cultures from the entire Asian continent, including East, Southeast, and South Asia, and the Pacific Islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, according to The Library of Congress.
Announcing NewsBreak's Mother's Day content campaign
In honor of Mother’s Day, NewsBreak is launching a content campaign to celebrate the maternal figures in local communities across the country. Is there someone in your area who’s making an outsized difference in taking care of your community? We want to hear about it.
Meet Christopher Lotito, the contributor documenting environmental impact in New Jersey
Chris, who hails from Essex County, NJ, is a new addition to NewsBreak and writes about culture, politics, and the environment.Photo byCourtesy of Christopher Lotito. “If you're hanging out with some Jersey locals and they ask you if you want to ‘go to Wawa,’ don't panic,” contributor Christopher Lotito writes in a recent story about New Jersey slang. He goes on to explain that Wawa, which is a convenience store chain that has “a cult-like following” in the state, has nearly 300 stores in NJ alone.
NewsBreak Summer School: Nailing the interview with Nick Fiorellini and Clay Kallam
NewsBreak Summer School is a special event series aimed to help creators learn, grow, and connect. On July 14th, the NewsBreak team was joined by professional journalists and NewsBreak creators, Nick Fiorellini and Clay Kallam. The Q&A focused primarily on interviewing, including where to find interviewees, how to prep, and weaving the best quotes into the final story.
NewsBreak Summer School: Finding your next story with Paul Feinstein and Clayton Gutzmore
NewsBreak Summer School is a special event series aimed to help creators learn, grow, and connect. On July 6th, the NewsBreak team was joined by professional journalists and NewsBreak creators, Paul Feinstein and Clayton Gutzmore. The two shared insights and tips gleaned from their years of experience surrounding finding local stories and building a successful freelance career. Attendees walked away with plenty of takeaways to help them develop as storytellers within their local communities.
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